Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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